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** In the books, the Pure Ones (the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi by Any Other Name]] Barn Owl villains) are a separate faction from St. Aegolius (who plan to build an army of BrainwashedAndCrazy owlets to TakeOverTheWorld and are studying the magnetic flecks). In the movie, the Pure Ones are depicted as a combination of the two, with the Pure Ones in charge of St. Aggie's and the St. Aggie's owls that appear answering to Nyra.

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** In the books, the Pure Ones (the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi by Any Other Name]] Barn Owl villains) are a separate and [[EvilVersusEvil opposing]] faction from St. Aegolius (who plan to build an army of BrainwashedAndCrazy owlets to TakeOverTheWorld and are studying the magnetic flecks). In the movie, the Pure Ones are depicted as a combination of the two, with the Pure Ones in charge of St. Aggie's and the St. Aggie's owls that appear answering to Nyra.



* DoubleTake: The Echidna has one when he realizes he gave the role of TheHeart to Mrs. P, who is [[SnakesAreSinister a snake]]. Lucky for him, Mrs. P happens to [[StereotypeFlip be a very nice snake.]]

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* DoubleTake: The Echidna has one when he realizes he gave the role of TheHeart to Mrs. P, who is [[SnakesAreSinister a snake]]. Lucky for him, Mrs. P happens to [[StereotypeFlip be a very nice snake.]]snake]].



* MisplacedWildlife: The terrestrial mammalian life is quite obviously Australian, but the owls are from all over the world and the bats appear to be vampire bats.
* MurderBallad: Twilight's "inspiring" battle song. It's about all the horrible ways the protagonist is going to die in battle. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} He thinks it will inspire Digger. ]]

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* MisplacedWildlife: The terrestrial mammalian life is quite obviously Australian, but the owls are from all over the world and the bats appear to be vampire bats.
bats (which live in Latin America).
* MurderBallad: Twilight's "inspiring" battle song. It's about all the horrible ways the protagonist is going to die in battle. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} He thinks it will inspire Digger. ]]Digger]].



* PuttingOnTheReich: [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver Big red vertical hanging banners with white logos in the center]] flanking [[SdrawkcabName Nyra]] whilst she makes a speech on why Tytos are the master race: this film manages to put on the Reich ''despite no-one wearing clothes!''

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* PuttingOnTheReich: [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver Big red vertical hanging banners with white logos in the center]] flanking [[SdrawkcabName Nyra]] whilst she makes a speech on why Tytos are the master race: {{master race}}: this film manages to put on the Reich ''despite no-one wearing clothes!''
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-->'''Eglantine:''' "First?! You mean there'll be ''more''!?"

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-->'''Eglantine:''' "First?! First?! You mean there'll be ''more''!?"''more''!?
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* BaffledByOwnBiology: When Eglantine, an owlet, coughs up her first pellet, she's shocked and disgusted. She feels even worse when Mrs. P tells her it's her first.
-->'''Eglantine:''' "First?! You mean there'll be ''more''!?"
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* PlayingTheFamilyCard: By the FinalBattle, despite openly telling Soren that he [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids hates his idealism]] and supports the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Pure Ones]] because they believe in him like no-one else ever has, when he ends up breaking his wing in a BattleAmongstTheFlames, and is in danger of falling to his death, [[OminousOwl Kludd]] has the audacity to cry "Soren, help me! Soren, ''I'm your brother!''" Tragically, Soren's [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil inability to recognize his brother's evil]] means he nearly does save Kludd's life... and then Kludd shoots himself in the foot by lashing out at Soren when he's trying to pull him up, which means Soren lets go, and the branch Kludd's clinging to with his other foot snaps off and, sure enough, he falls into the flames to his [[spoiler:apparent]] death.

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* ChekhovsSkill: The Echidna gives each member of the Band titles which seem to be [[InformedAbility Informed Abilities]] -- "you are the tracker, you are the navigator" and so on -- but each member of the Band actually shows these skills, some of them [[{{Foreshadowing}} before they are given the title]]: [[TheNavigator Gylfie recognizes constellations and thinks she could find her way by them when they are being moonblinked,]] Digger is the first of the Band to [[ScarilyCompetentTracker notice the tell-tale signs of combat]] when they arrive at the Pure Ones' base, Soren is a better natural flyer than his brother during branching and [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne flys by gizzard alone during his escape from St. Aggies]], [[TheHeart Mrs P. goes searching for Kludd and Soren]], and Twilight is [[TheBigGuy freaking Huge.]]

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* ChekhovsSkill: The Echidna gives each member of the Band titles which seem to be [[InformedAbility Informed Abilities]] -- "you are the tracker, you are the navigator" and so on -- but each member of the Band actually shows these skills, some of them [[{{Foreshadowing}} before they are given the title]]: [[TheNavigator Gylfie recognizes constellations and thinks she could find her way by them when they are being moonblinked,]] Digger is the first of the Band to [[ScarilyCompetentTracker notice the tell-tale signs of combat]] when they arrive at the Pure Ones' base, Soren is a better natural flyer than his brother during branching and [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne flys flies by gizzard alone during his escape from St. Aggies]], [[TheHeart Mrs P. goes searching for Kludd and Soren]], and Twilight is [[TheBigGuy freaking Huge.]]



* DudeWheresMyRespect: When asked why he chooses to be known as Ezylryb rather than as [[spoiler:Lyze]], Ezylryb replies that "Every owl in the tree knows who I am, so what does it matter what I call myself?" In which case, it looks like Otulissa is being quite insulting to [[spoiler:a famous war hero]] when she refers to him as a "Gross old owl" and "[missing] a good bath". Also an AdaptationInducedPlotHole; while Otulissa had the same attitude toward him in the books, Ezylryb's identity was not common knowledge in that continuity.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: When asked why he chooses to be known as Ezylryb rather than as [[spoiler:Lyze]], Ezylryb replies that "Every owl in the tree knows who I am, so what does it matter what I call myself?" In which case, it looks like Otulissa is being quite insulting to [[spoiler:a famous war hero]] when she refers to him as a "Gross old owl" and who's "[missing] a good bath". Also an AdaptationInducedPlotHole; while Otulissa had the same attitude toward him in the books, Ezylryb's identity was not common knowledge in that continuity.



* ExactWords: [[spoiler:Kludd]] rants that the Pure Ones "believe in me like no one else ever has!" By which he means that they believe in his right to be a murderous narcissist who gets whatever he wants. His GoodParents' belief in his potential and right as a living creature to be respected is discarded.



** There is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Pq_HdVDBA deleted scene]] that has owls being enslaved, bats implied to cut a owl's wing (or at least its flight feathers, which is nearly as creepy) off, and a violent battle wherein a owl gets a talon sliced off in clear view of the camera.
** If it weren't for Noctus saying that he was "bound to the earth forever," it looks like he is about to be [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]].

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** There is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Pq_HdVDBA deleted scene]] that has owls being enslaved, bats implied to cut a an owl's wing (or at least its flight feathers, which is nearly as creepy) off, and a violent battle wherein a where an owl gets a talon sliced off in clear view of the camera.
** If it weren't for Noctus saying that he was "bound to the earth forever," it looks would look like he is was about to be [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]].



* GoodIsNotNice: Eglantine is rightfully angry at those who brainwashed her.

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* GoodIsNotNice: Eglantine is rightfully angry at those who brainwashed her.her and quickly identifies the culprits.
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* ForWantOfANail: Of the SpannerInTheWorks variety. [[spoiler: Before flying off to save the captive owlets from the Pure Ones' clutches, Ezleryb/Lyze low-key gives Soren sound advice. He implies that rather than live out his dream of being a guardian in [[WarIsGlorious glorious battle]], it would do a world of good if Soren stayed and took care of his moon-blinked baby sister Eglantine ''[[TheRealHeroes like a real hero would]]''. Because Soren does just that, he's around to see Eglentine heal from her condition and unwittingly share important information about Allomere being a traitor. Had Soren not heard this from Eglantine and joined the Guardians, he would've shared in their fate of falling for the Pure Ones' trap.]]

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* %%* ForWantOfANail: Of the SpannerInTheWorks variety. [[spoiler: Before flying off to save the captive owlets from the Pure Ones' clutches, Ezleryb/Lyze low-key gives Soren sound advice. He implies that rather than live out his dream of being a guardian in [[WarIsGlorious glorious battle]], it would do a world of good if Soren stayed and took care of his moon-blinked baby sister Eglantine ''[[TheRealHeroes like a real hero would]]''. Because Soren does just that, he's around to see Eglentine heal from her condition and unwittingly share important information about Allomere being a traitor. Had Soren not heard this from Eglantine and joined the Guardians, he would've shared in their fate of falling for the Pure Ones' trap.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Allomere]] has no qualms about leading the Guardians into the Pure Ones' trap. But when the bats come to finish off the weakened warriors, even he cringes in discomfort.
-->'''[[spoiler:Allomere]]:''' Must it be ''bats'' that bleed them?
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* YouAreNumberSix: The owlets captured by The Pures Ones and enslaved by at St. Aegolius' Academy for Orphaned Owls are stripped of their names and assigned numbers for easier tracking of them.
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* MaskingTheDeformity: The [[OminousOwl main antagonist]] wears a metal mask to hide his torn-off beak, [[NamedAfterTheInjury earning him the nickname Metal Beak]].

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* MaskingTheDeformity: The [[OminousOwl main antagonist]] wears a metal mask to hide his torn-off beak, [[NamedAfterTheInjury earning him the nickname Metal Beak]]. Unlike most examples, [[spoiler:what's underneath is never revealed]].

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